Kells Irish Pub

Kells Irish Pub
The restaurant's front entrance in 2010
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Restaurant information
Established1990 (1990)
Street address112 Southwest 2nd Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′18″N 122°40′20″W / 45.5217°N 122.6722°W / 45.5217; -122.6722
Websitekellsportland.com

Kells Irish Pub is a pub in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Description

The restaurant is housed in the Glisan Building,[1] in the southwest portion of the city's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.

History

Opened in 1990, the restaurant is owned and operated by Gerard and Lucille McAleese.[2] Their son Garrett opened Kells Brew Pub (now Kells Brewery) in northwest Portland in 2012.[3]

Since 1995, money affixed to the ceiling has been donated to charity.[4][5] The restaurant also hosts an annual Kells Irish Festival,[6] and hosted the first Irish Beer Festival in 2017.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historic Glisan Building for sale in downtown Portland". KATU. 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. ^ "How Kells Irish Pub feeds people in Wilsonville". KOIN.com. 2020-04-22. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. ^ Meunier, Andre (2019-08-28). "Kells, once just a famous Irish pub, now a flourishing beer maker: Portland Breweries Series". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  4. ^ "Annual ceiling sweep at Kells Irish Pub raises money for children in need". KPTV.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  5. ^ "$7,000 in cash scraped from Kells Irish Pub ceiling for a good cause". KATU. 2016-02-23. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  6. ^ Russell, Michael (2013-03-15). "Kells Irish Festival builds on a base of history in Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  7. ^ Anderson, Jennifer (2017-03-08). "Kells hosts first Irish Beer Festival". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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